to farm; to cultivate a field
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
as before; as ever; as it was originally
farming implement; farm tools
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
directly opposite; right in front
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
even though; despite; when
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
what kind of business; what sort of matter
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to carry out one's mission
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)